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Ls. TURN ER; EAR COMPRESSING GAP.

Patnted Dec. 27, 1892.

NITED ADELAIDE SOPHIA TURNER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

EAR-COMPRESSING CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,802, dated December27, 1892.

Application filed October 6, 1891. Serial No. 407,853. (No model.)Patented in England January 8, 1891, No. 367.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADELAIDE SOPHIA TUR- NER, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Ghiswick, London, in the county of Middlesex,England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeping-Caps for Covering the Ears, (for which I have obtained a patent in GreatBritain, No. 367, bearing date January 8,1891;) and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, which will en able others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention is primarily intended for children to keep their earsflat while sleeping and owing to the construction no heating of the headtakes place from Wearing it.

To enable my invention to be properly understood I will proceed to fullydescribe the same by aid of the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a childs head showing the cap inposition, and Fig. 2

head, and another B across the back of the head just above the junctionWith the neck. The longitudinal tapes Bare joinedtogether fiat at apoint just below and in front of the ear, and strings D pass beneath thechin and secure the cap on the head. To enable the cap to be elastic,the tapes have a length of elastic material 0 between them.

Having thus described my invention, WhatI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is:-

An article of manufacture, to wit, a cap made of a number of strips oftape with elastic Webbing let in, one of said strips being made to fitsnugly over the forehead, another of said strips being made to fitsnugly over the lower portion of the back of the head, and a net work ofstrips of tape between the two said strips, the saidcap terminating in apoint justbelow and in front of the ears, with strings passing beneaththe chin for holding said cap in place,substantiallyas and for thepurposes described.

ADELAIDE SOPHIA TURNER.

Witnesses:

FREDERIo PRINCE,

1 Quality Court, London, W O. THOMAS DENNIS.

